Pregnancy, Parenthood, and All Things Baby
Slightly less blurry were the days leading up to the delivery of my baby. The nerves had begun to set in and I was growing more and more anxious as we counted down the days. I was so nervous about labor and delivery, but even more nervous about the first week home with baby. …
Growing up, I thought that being an adult looked pretty simple. Playing with baby dolls led me to believe that motherhood would be easy peezy lemon squeezy.
I came to my senses long before I had a baby, but that doesn’t change the fact that parenting can be a bit of a challenge at times.
As a mom who tries her best but sometimes comes up short, I’m always looking for ways to simplify things. Enter: baby hacks.
These tips and tricks are just a few ways to make your life as a mom easier so that you can spend more time playing with your baby and less time doing, well, anything else. …
There are plenty of prengnancy symptoms that surprised me, but back pain was not one of them. Back pain during pregnancy is pretty common with between 50-70% of pregnant women reporting that they experienced it. The pain you experience can be as simple as a dull ache, or it could be a sharp pain that wrecks havoc on the entire second half of your pregnancy. …
Before I got pregnant, I hadn’t thought much about postpartum recovery. I hadn’t been around any women who had given birth recently since I was a child, so I really wasn’t prepared for what I had coming when I gave birth.
We have all heard that giving birth is painful, but we don’t always hear about the pain that comes after. We don’t typically hear about the blood, the tears, the breast milk leaking everywhere.
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I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year. There is so much to love about summertime. The days are longer, the sun is brighter, and we get to spend some much needed time outdoors after being inside all winter. I personally enjoy laying out to get a little bit of sun, but I know it’s best that I protect my baby from the sun as much as possible.
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While some women dislike their stretch marks, most can agree that they were a small price to pay in exchange for their children. I knew that most women get stretch marks during pregnancy, and I was okay with the fact that I was probably going to get them as well. Matter of fact, I was expecting to get stretch marks since my mom has them, and I already had a few from puberty. However, I thought if it was possible to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy, I should give it a try.
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